February 18, 2026
Token Olympics, anyone?
Show HN: Strava for Claude Code
AI coding turned into a leaderboard — hustle or weird flex
TLDR: Straude turns Claude AI coding into a public leaderboard tracking cost, tokens, and streaks. The crowd’s split: hype for builder accountability vs backlash over cheating, trademark risk, and a “Mad Max” joke about crowning the biggest token burner.
“Strava for Claude Code” just dropped, promising to track your AI coding sessions and blast your stats—cost, tokens, models—onto a public feed and global leaderboard. The vibe taps into the Claudemaxxing hustle culture, with builders quoting the “opportunity cost” mantra from Beff, Dan, and Qw. It’s basically a gym scoreboard, but for your AI coding assistant, Claude. One command, a streak, and a spot on the board—see the feed at straude.com/feed.
Then the comments turned into a reality show. Some were confused: is this a social network or just a personal tracker? Others came in hot: “it should be pretty easy to game the system,” and “Gamifying Claude Code? Why?” One asked how past usage gets verified, another warned about using the Strava name. The funniest take crowned the top spender a “Mad Max villain,” riding a desert rig built from burned tokens. There were practical nudges too: land users on a global feed first. And yes, people noticed the odd early stats (“0 developers logging daily”) while the leaderboard flexed big token burns.
Bottom line: fans see accountability and momentum, skeptics see clout-chasing and wallet-burn. Either way, the drama is clicking ‘Start Your Streak.’
Key Points
- •The platform offers a one-command workflow (“bunx straude”) to scan local Claude Code usage and post results to a user profile.
- •It tracks and displays daily metrics such as tokens used, cost, models employed, session counts, and streaks.
- •Each log generates a public feed post and places the user on global/regional leaderboards with daily, weekly, and monthly rankings.
- •Sample outputs show detection of multiple sessions, spend across models, and token counts; the feed displays users’ metrics and engagement.
- •The site emphasizes a low-friction, three-step process and encourages users to join and maintain streaks (“Start Your Streak”).